balmacaan

bal·ma·caan

(băl′mə-kăn′, -kän′)

A loose, full overcoat with raglan sleeves, originally made of rough woolen cloth.

[After Balmacaan, an estate near Inverness, Scotland.]

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balmacaan

(ˌbælməˈkɑːn)

(Clothing & Fashion) a man's knee-length loose flaring overcoat with raglan sleeves

[C19: after Balmacaan, near Inverness, Scotland]

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bal•ma•caan

(ˌbæl məˈkæn, -ˈkɑn)

n.

a loose-fitting, somewhat flared, single-breasted overcoat, often of tweed and with raglan sleeves.

[1915–20; after Balmacaan near Inverness, Scotland]

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MACKAY (Drumnadrochit) Peacefully on August 14, 2019, in the tender care of Abbeyvale Nursing Home, Elgin with her daughter by her side, Jessie Ann, aged 92 years, Balmacaan Road, Drumnadrochit.

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The community yesterday announced plans to buy the 500-acre site at Balmacaan, near Inverness, and turn it into a wildlife sanctuary.

Animal-loving monks in buyout bid to halt hunters

6 Balmacaan, Inverness, Scotland Walk through the ancient woodlands of Loch Ness and take in the beautiful view as well as the bluebells.

me time; TAKE A BREAK FROM THIS WEEK'S HUSTLE AND BUSTLE AND FOCUS ON YOURSELF USTLE; There's nothing more relaxing or uplifting than walking through a sea of bluebells in spring, so here area few of the best places to see them..

8 Balmacaan, Drumnadrochit, Invernesshire Part of a major concentration of ancient woodlands along Loch Ness with some of the largest specimens of Wellingtonia, Lawson's cypress and Douglas fir in Britain.

Hells bluebells... what a fab treat

SSE, which owns the Foyers plant in Scotland's Great Glen, has proposed two new PSHE plants close by, one at Balmacaan and the other at Coire Glas.

Whatever the weather

Formerly of Balmacaan Road, Drumnadrochit, Shenval, Glenurquhart, and some thirty years earlier as Lesley Walsh, then Phillips of Canning Street, Waverley Road and Hadassah Grove, Liverpool.

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The coat is balmacaan style--it has raglan sleeves sloping from the neck as opposed to set in at the shoulder--and is made from coated cotton nylon, a fine poplin that is prewashed and sueded for softness.

Unwinding in a Winter Wonderland

At the suitably-named Walled Gardens, a home in Balmacaan, Drumnadrochit, the beautiful gardens are the big selling point.

The well-appointed family home sits in part of the former walled garden to historic Balmacaan House.

Dream home for keen gardeners; A beautiful family home near Drumnadrochit, complete with stunning landscaped gardens

But there are sites right across Scotland from Balmacaan Wood in Inverness to Cathkin Braes Country Park in East Kilbride and Aldouran Glen in Stranraer.

Bells of the spring ball

Balmacaan, situated off Leachkin Road to the south of the city, represents the first phase of the company's eagerly awaited Westercraigs development which will combine the restoration of nineteenth century buildings with contemporary new build properties, to create one of the city's most desirable developments.